 The location of provision for homeless people relative to where they live

 The balance of public investment in housing for key workers and homeless people

 Priority for the homeless within the overall allocation of social housing

 Whether the non-housing services provided for homeless people are adequate and are coordinated with housing provision

 Whether public agencies are effective in preventing people becoming homelessness.

The Committee invites written evidence on the points above and other relevant topics by
Friday 17 September 2004. It is unlikely that evidence submitted after this date will be published. (Witnesses who wish their evidence to be treated in confidence should contact the Committee clerk in advance.) It should also be noted that decisions about who to call for oral evidence are likely to be taken on the basis of evidence received by this date.[The form which such evidence should take is set out below B please note in particular the restriction on length and that wherever possible it should be submitted by e-mail or on disk].

Oral evidence sessions will be arranged and will be announced in due course.

Written evidence must if possible be submitted in an electronic format, either on disk or preferably by e-mail. It should be in MS Word or Rich Text format. If sent by e-mail it should for this inquiry be sent to
[email protected]. The e-mail must include a contact name, telephone number and postal address. The e-mail should also make clear who the submission is from. If sent by post it should be sent to the Clerk, ODPM Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Witnesses without access to a computer are respectfully requested to take particular care that submissions are legible.

Submissions should be as brief as possible, and certainly no more than 3,000 words. Paragraphs should be numbered for ease of reference, and it would be helpful to include a brief executive summary. Those submitting evidence are reminded that evidence should be original work, not previously published or circulated elsewhere. Once submitted no public use should be made of it. Guidance on the submission of evidence can be found at
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm